NATIONAL MINERALS INDUSTRY SAFETY AND HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT GUIDELINE (NMISHRAG)
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National Minerals Industry Safety and Health Risk Assessment Guideline
Version 4, January 2005
 
Contents
Letter from Chief Executive of the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA)
Overriding Assumptions Concerning This Guideline
1. Introduction / Background
1.1 History of risk assessment in the minerals industry
1.2 Rationale for the new guideline
1.3 Guideline objectives
1.4 Relationship to Australian Standards and other resources
2. How to Use this Guideline
2.1 Structure of the guideline
2.2 Suggested guideline users
2.3 Suggested methods of use
      2.3.1 Example approaches to using this guideline 
3. Setting the Context
3.1 Introduction
 3.2 Setting the strategic, organisational and risk management context
3.3 Defining required resources
3.4 Defining risk assessment project timing
3.5 Establishing clear accountability
 3.6 Risk Assessment Pitfalls
4. Scoping or Designing the Risk Assessment
4.1 Documentation of the Risk Assessment scope
4.1.1 Defining the objective based on the expected deliverables
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M. 		Formal safety assessment development
Risk or Hazard Register development
Risk acceptability determination
Identification of critical control measures and development of performance indicators
Information for major or principal hazard plans
Assessment of Safety Intrument Systems
Information for operational guidelines
Information for maintenance plans or guidelines
Hardware design review
Option/selection review
Review of change management plan
Information for drafting of SOPs
Risk awareness in informal day-to-day tasks  
4.1.2  Identifying and describing the system to be reviewed 
4.1.3 Identifying and understanding the potential hazards (including health hazards)
4.1.4 Selecting Risk Assessment Method - the Means of Systematically Identifying the Risks
4.1.5 Selecting Risk Analysis Method - the Means of Calculating and Examining the Level of Risk
4.1.5.1 Risk analysis methods
           a. Qualitative risk analysis
           b. Quantitative risk analysis
           c. Semi-quantitative risk analysis
4.1.5.2 Risk acceptability
4.1.5.3 Selecting the method considering the expected deliverable
4.1.5.4 Re-analysis of risk considering new controls
4.1.5.5 Risk benefit analysis
4.1.6  Range of external influences to be considered
4.1.7 Consequences of interest
4.1.8 Core Assumptions
4.1.9 Selecting a facilitator of the team or work group
4.1.10 Determining the composition of the team or work group
4.1.11 Deciding the time required (and venue)
4.1.12 Providing risk assessment results and the desired deliverables with accountabilities and timelines
5. Facilitating / Leading a Risk Assessment Team
5.1   Introducing the scope to the team
5.2   Reviewing the selected system
5.3   Identifying the hazards
5.4   Identifying the risks
5.5   Analysing the risks
5.6   Evaluating the risk acceptability
5.7   Considering existing controls or barriers
5.8   Identifying new controls or barriers
5.9   Closing the risk assessment
5.10 Summary of Risk Management Process for Common Situations
5.11 Generic 6 Stage Hazard Studies
6. Applying the Risk Assessment Deliverables
6.1 Documenting the risk assessment process and deliverables
6.2 Deriving the Action Plan
6.3 Following up on the Action Plan and deliverables
6.4 Using the information from the risk assessment
6.5 Change management
6.6 Auditing the process
7. Other
7.1 Checklists
7.1.1 Scope
7.1.2 Consultant proposal
7.1.3 Report format
7.1.4 Review Checklist

Appendices
Appendix A Definitions

Appendix B Templates
Appendix C Informal Risk Awareness Tool

Appendix D Acquisition Checklist

Appendix E HAZOP Audit Checklist

Appendix F Health Risk Assessment Outline

Appendix G Risk Assessment Tool

     
Appendix H Fatigue Risk Assessment Process

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For more information about the risk assessment guidelines (NMISHRAG) please contact the author:

Prof Jim Joy
Director, Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre (MISHC)
Phone: 3365 8334
E-mail: j.joy@mishc.uq.edu.au
Contents is part of
National Minerals Industry Risk Assessment  Guideline (NMISHRAG)
|  Chapter 1. Introduction/Background | Chapter 2. How to Use the Guideline| 
| Chapter 3. Setting the Context | Chapter 4. Scoping / Designing Risk Assessment |
| Chapter 5. Doing the Risk Assessment| Chapter 6. Applying the Risk Assessment Outcomes|
| Chapter 7. Other| Appendices|
| LESSONS LEARNED| CASE STUDIES| USEFUL LINKS|

This document was last reviewed on 14/1/2005

Minerals Industry Safety & Health Centre (MISHC)
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, Queensland 4072 Australia
E-mail: mishc@mishc.uq.edu.au Phone:(61) 7 3365 9787
Created by: Dr Guldidar V Kizil E-mail: g.kizil@mishc.uq.edu.au
 Authorised by: Prof Jim Joy
Last Modified:14/1/2005
@Minerals Industry Safety & Health Centre (MISHC)
Provides examples or illustrations of problems that can arise throughout the risk assessment process. They are mostly examples of past issues in the minerals industry.
Lessons Learned

Case studies are offered as examples of effective approaches to dealing with risk assessment requirements.
Case Studies

Provides links to get more information on various Risk Assessment approaches.
Useful Links